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Synonyms for wand

Grammar : Noun
Spell : wond
Phonetic Transcription : wɒnd

Définition of wand

Origin :
  • c.1200, from Old Norse vondr "rod, switch," (cf. Gothic wandus "rod," Middle Swedish vander), from Proto-Germanic *wend- "to turn," see wind (v.)). The notion is of a bending, flexible stick. Cf. cognate Old Norse veggr, Old English wag "wall," Old Saxon, Dutch wand, Old High German want, German Wand "wall," originally "wickerwork for making walls," or "wall made of wattle-work" (an insight into early Germanic domestic architecture). Magic wand is attested from c.1400 and shows the etymological sense of "suppleness" already had been lost.
  • noun rod
Example sentences :
  • A second and a third time the Ethiopian touched him with his wand, and spoke in whispers.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • I looked at the impassive face of the spokesman with the wand.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • Then he must take the wand and swing it over the water three times, in a circle.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Or the Master of the Wand may burn incense before the wand in the cabin.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • But has your nobleness any serious objection to my carrying a wand?
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • You can't wave a wand over Ireland, and say 'Let there be light!'
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • We seem to be touched by a wand which makes us dance and run about happily, like children.
  • Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Every body knows the secret of Circé's wand, which changed men into beasts.
  • Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
  • That night in Warwick Gardens, it had been like the touch of some evil magician's wand.
  • Extract from : « The Missionary » by George Griffith
  • Take a chair,” said the fairy, “and I will ring for the wand of speech.
  • Extract from : « Irish Fairy Tales » by Edmond Leamy

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